Keith Olbermann posted an “Exclusive” story on his MLB blog today that said that the Yankees were in talks with the Marlins about a trade that would involve Alex Rodriguez.

To Olbermann’s credit, he noted that he had no idea how serious the talks were. All he knew was that the talks had happened. From what Olbermann had gathered, the Yankees were prepared to “pay all – or virtually all – of the $114,000,000 Rodriguez is owed” over the next five years. And if that didn’t work out, an alternative proposal was for the Yankees to pay less of A-Rod’s salary and to take back Heath Bell and what remains of his $27,000,000 deal.

Olbermann even goes on to say that a source close to the Marlins’ ownership believes that the “trade made sense for both sides, and would eventually be made in some form.”

But within an hour of Olbermann’s report, Bryan Hoch, who covers the Yankees for MLB.com, had contacted Brian Cashman and Cashman shot the whole thing down.